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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by wyclif on Monday February 12, 2018 @12:39AM (#16356773)
Google+... Didn't work.

Actually, I just went over there and Google+ looks like it's working just fine. Many parts of it are thriving and there seems to be a lot of activity in communities. Google+ is niche. Just because it doesn't have the ubiquitous adoption level of Facebook doesn't mean it failed.

I really hate this attitude in our circles that unless an app devours everything else and becomes a unicorn, it's a total failure.

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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by Shoothe on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:59AM (#16357887)
> I really hate this attitude in our circles

Maybe I wasn't clear. My point is that it is Google's attitude right now. If a product is not "a unicorn" they instead rush to something else (Talk->Hangouts->Allo) or kill it (Reader, Wave). Being niche product in Google is just dangerous for that product.

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